The Lord Saith:

Before the last trumpet sounds, do not be afraid, but watch and stand firm. My grace is sufficient for you in the days of suffering. Trials are near at hand, yet at the same time, a divine revival will break out. Those who endure persecution and hold fast to the faith—them I will remember and honor. You must truly know that in the time of tribulation, the saints will endure persecution to glorify My name.

This is what I have foretold you that will happen: My disciples are about to go through persecution, yet My true light will break into the time of darkness. Truly, many testimonies will arise, even to turn the hearts of the persecutors, just as Saul was transformed on the road to Damascus; this is something you have neither imagined nor expected. The testimonies of the early church will spring up like mushrooms after rain before your eyes. That will be My doing, which no human hand can create; and you will see that My Spirit will surely move within it.

Oh My people, are you truly prepared to face persecution? Where are the martyrs who will lay down their lives for the sake of My word? Have you resolved to commit your whole life—your soul, your body, and your entire being—fully to your Lord? Many among you think they love God more than others and have paid a greater price; yet, what you do not know is that in places unseen by your eyes, I have reserved for Myself a multitude of true saints who have not bowed their knees to Baal. Cast down your pride, humble yourself, and allow Me to work within you. For it was I who gave up the glory of heaven for your sake; it was I who first loved you.

The gospel is not the rudimentary principles of this world. As you walk this path of faith, understand that this is a path of sacrifice; this is the true faith wherein one must deny oneself! My true saints must be prepared to be hated of this world and utterly rejected of men for My name’s sake and for the righteousness of God.

As you watch the things happening in this world, or behold the disasters that mankind is powerless to stop, you will also be able to see through them that the order of the kingdom of darkness is being nakedly displayed and taking shape before your eyes. But I will protect My people who know Me; I will turn the enemy’s curse into a blessing and make suffering a heavenly ladder. Persecution can refine My people—and the gold refined through the great tribulation shall also bring glory to My Father.

A greater separation will manifest man’s life; people will face their own faith and the truth of their own lives. If you are My people, ask yourselves now: Will you truly, by refusing to be defiled and mixed with the world, stand firm to do My will even when you have nothing—becoming enemies with the world and being hated by men?

There will be rewards—the imperishable rewards in the eternal kingdom of heaven. But do you treasure Me in your spirit? Or are you still calculating and planning, with things in your life you still covet? Am I the one you long for and love? If you understand My words, you must make this choice: to entrust your life to Me. For in times of suffering, all that men once boasted of will fail to bring them security; My saints will be set apart from the world—and I will keep My promise, and I will love them to the very end.

Truly, truly, I say to you : persecution will surely come, but I connect these persecutions to My Father’s will. The system of the beast will persecute My people; but I will grant My saints to overcome them, and they will never abandon their calling.

My saints! When you face the inability to buy or sell, I will surely give you strength in your life—for I am your strength, I am your help, and I am your joyful song of salvation! When you choose not to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin within the system of the beast, I will surely provide for you. In times of lack and distress, as if in a dry and weary land where there is no water, the messengers I send will bring My provision to your side. The miracle by which I provided for Elijah, I will also cause those who suffer want for My sake to receive such a reward.

The evil one is attempting to entice you away from your calling and identity—they long to leave their mark upon you! But I will make a way for you. Trust in Me; even when enduring any persecution, and even if you feel helpless and do not know how to overcome it, I will provide a way out for you so that you may be able to bear it all!

Even if there is no worldly provision, I Myself will become your life and your inheritance. The evil one is sifting and testing you just like wheat; guard your heart and believe in Me. In the final battle, My mighty arm will surely lead My people through the Valley of Weeping.

Oh My people, pray! Be strong and courageous! The blood of the martyrs shall cry out just like the blood of Abel, and the persecuted saints shall fill up what is lacking in My afflictions. This word of their testimony shall turn many back from sin to seek the better covenant and the more excellent blood—just as a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, yet bears many seeds. My people shall suffer with Me, so that they may also be glorified with Me and experience the life of resurrection from the dead. Trials will bring a heavenly revival; the persecutions endured by the saints shall glorify My name.

I am King of kings and Lord of lords!

I am the One who was dead, and am alive; and behold, I am alive forevermore!

At that time, you will raise your voices and say: ‘All glory belongs to the Lamb who sits on the throne of God!’

Prepare for My coming!

I will receive those who belong to Me.

Surely I am coming quickly!

Bible Reference:

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

— 2 Corinthians 12:9

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

— 1 Peter 4:14

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

— Acts 22:6-8

Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

— 1 Kings 19:18

But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

— Romans 11:4-5

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

— Philippians 2:6-8

We love him, because he first loved us.

— 1 John 4:19

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

— Matthew 24:9

Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

— Deuteronomy 23:5

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

— Job 23:10

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

— 1 Peter 1:7

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

— Malachi 3:3

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

— James 1:27

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

— Matthew 5:10-12

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

— Romans 8:35-37

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

— Revelation 13:16-18

The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

— Exodus 15:2

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

— Isaiah 12:2

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

— 2 Corinthians 12:10

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

— Hebrews 11:24-25

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

— Psalms 63:1

And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

— 1 Kings 17:2-6

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

— 1 Corinthians 10:13

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

— Psalms 16:5-6

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

— Luke 22:31-32

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

— Psalms 84:5-7

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

— Genesis 4:10

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

— Colossians 1:24

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

— Hebrews 8:6

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

— Hebrews 12:24

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

— John 12:24-25

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

— Romans 8:17-18